With his Architecture Animée series, artist and architecture graduate Axel de Stampa has brought nine static buildings to life by immortalizing them in captivating GIF-form.

The subjects are all famous contemporary buildings from around the world, including:

Absolute Towers – Mississauga, Ontario

Absolute Towers GIF by Axel de Stampa

Theatre Agora – Lelystad, The Netherlands

Theatre Agora GIF by Axel de Stampa

America’s Cup Building – Valencia, Spain

Americas Cup Building GIF by Axel de Stampa

Mirador Building – Madrid, Spain

Mirador Building GIF by Axel de Stampa

Zollverein School – Essen, Germany

Zollverein School GIF by Axel de Stampa

All nine animations can be seen here.  Architecture Animée is part of a larger project called 1 Week 1 Project where de Stampa and a former classmate attempt to create one new architectural project per week.

Want more mesmerizing building GIFs? Our 17 all-time favorites are here.

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